Kumarappa Committee & Agrarian Reforms
The question asks to identify the committee established after India's independence that proposed significant agrarian reform measures, specifically including the abolition of intermediaries.
The Kumarappa Committee, officially known as the All India Rural Credit Survey Committee (though often associated with J.C. Kumarappa's broader work on rural economics), played a role in the post-independence discourse on rural and agricultural restructuring. Its recommendations addressed the need for comprehensive agrarian reforms aimed at restructuring land ownership and eliminating exploitative intermediary systems prevalent in the agricultural sector.
Key points regarding the Kumarappa Committee in this context:
- Appointed post-independence.
- Focused on comprehensive agrarian reforms.
- Recommended the abolition of intermediaries between the state and the cultivator.
- Aimed to improve the agricultural economic structure.
While other committees listed addressed different aspects of rural development or agricultural policy (like Balwant Rai Mehta for Panchayati Raj, Kothari for education, and Swaminathan for agricultural/farmers' issues), the Kumarappa Committee's specific mandate included the critical recommendation for intermediary abolition within broader agrarian reforms.
Important Questions from Agriculture
How is permaculture farming different from conventional chemical farming?
1. Permaculture farming discourages monocultural practices but in conventional chemical farming, monoculture practices are predominant.
2. Conventional chemical farming can cause an increase in soil salinity but the occurrence of such phenomenon is not observed in permaculture farming.
3. Conventional chemical farming is easily possible in semi-arid regions but permaculture farming is not so easily possible in such regions.
4. Practice of mulching is very important in permaculture farming but not necessarily so conventional chemical farming
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With reference to ‘palm oil’, consider the following statements:
1. The palm oil tree is native to Southeast Asia.
2. Palm oil is a raw material for some industries producing lipstick and perfumes.
3. Palm oil can be used to produce biodiesel.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
In the context of India’s preparation for Climate-Smart Agriculture, consider the following statements :
1. The ‘Climate-Smart Village’ approach in India is a part of a project Jed by the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), an international research programme.
2. The project of CCAFS is carried out under Consultative Group on ‘International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) headquartered in France.
3. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India is one of the CGIAR’s research centres.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
With reference to 'Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion', which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies, and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach.
2. Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have larger stake in this scheme.
3. An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and microirrigation equipment.
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Which of the following is/are the advantage /advantages of practising drip irrigation?
1. Reduction in weed
2. Reduction in soil salinity
3. Reduction in soil erosion
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